Unlike a slew of other celebrities that took to their social media platforms to express their opinions about the presidential election, Kylie Jenner used her social media account to promote a product and instantly came under fire from her followers, who accused her of being selfish. The E! reality star advertised her latest collection, featuring her sister Kendall Jenner.
The Kardashian-Jenner clan has been subject to multiple rumors and have been involved in several high profile relationships. Still, some times being in the public eye gets a bit harder for the sisters, particularly for Kylie and Kendall Jenner. They often end up stirring conversations among the fans for being involved in scandals that paint them in a bad light.
The Kylie Cosmetics founder didn't use her social media platform to share her views on the recently concluded presidential race or the election on Tuesday. Instead, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star tweeted her latest makeup line featuring Kendall. As expected, her followers weren't impressed by this.
She began the tweet by wishing her sister a happy birthday and announced that the Kendall Collection is slated to restock for the last time at 9 am PST tomorrow, noting that signed PR kits will also be restocked. Taking to the comments section of her post, fans expressed their disappointment in the media personality, with one fan writing that they love her, but this isn't the right time for promoting a product.
Another Twitterati urged her to read the room for once. A lot of Kylie's social media followers were upset that she chose the election day to promote her business, with some fans asking her in the comments section if she was even aware that there was an election that day. One highly disappointed fan described her tweet as selfish and tone-deaf.
In stark contrast, Kylie used her social media to urge her about 200 million followers to register to vote. In her post, the KylieSkin founder shared a link to Vote.org, which led to an 80 percent increase in the use of the site's verification and voter registration tool, Fox News reported.
The site's spokesperson said they had nearly 48,000 users browsing the voting information via Kylie's post. She encouraged her social media followers to make sure they have their voices heard during the Nov. 3 election, noting that they need change. Kylie noted that people have the power to make a difference, but they need to vote. She refrained from publicly endorsing a candidate ahead of Election Day.